By BRUCE DENNILL Nick Clelland’s debut novel Good Hope is a pacey, dystopian thriller that asks uncomfortable questions around the precariousness of statehood, the fragility of identity and the conflict between security and freedom. In the story, the...
By BRUCE DENNILL Justin Fox is the author of World War II thriller The Wolf Hunt. Writing a book is a huge commitment. What are the elements that need to be in place if you are going to meet whatever writing goals you set? Time. I need big chunks of...
By ARJA SALAFRANCA Ashti Juggath is the author of Peaches And Smeets, in which protagonist Smita is caught between the beloved traditions of India and life in a quickly modernising South Africa. Writing a book is a huge commitment. What are the...
By BRUCE DENNILL Roger Ashton-Griffiths’ debut novel The Case Of Cat Adam centres on Dusa Mathavasi (DM), a fictitious Indian state squeezed between today’s Pakistan and Iran. A timely invitation from an old school acquaintance, the Rajah, finds...
Flipped by Tracey Hawthorne is published by Modjadji Books. This extract is published by permission. ‘I can get a warrant, but I don’t want to officially search your premises. That’ll mean lots more cops, dogs, the works. We don’t want that, do we? It’d...
